Fernando Silvestre, Professor of Moral Education and Catholic Religion at the Camilo Castelo Branco High School in Famalicana, accused For 95 crimes of sexual abuse against 15 students aged 14 to 17, he was removed from the school by the Ministry of Welfare by the State Ministry.
The 53-year-old teacher is currently facing legal and disciplinary action after being ordered to suspend him “pending a decision on both cases,” a ministry source said. DN.
In practice, Professor Morali no longer taught after the news was made public by filing a sick leave with the school board.
It is recalled that there were 15 students between the ages of 14 and 17 against whom these crimes were committed, mainly during the rehearsals of the theater troupe “About Undyme”, which the defendant created in this school and of which he was the director. .
The prosecution alleges that rehearsals always began “with a warm-up phase, during which the doors were kept closed, the lights were turned off and the blinds were closed in the room, music was played and backstage exercises were performed. during which the students closed their eyes and followed the instructions of the defendant in order to create a state of relaxation and psychological and bodily disinhibition.
He adds that from around 2014, the defendant “for reasons related to his own sexual satisfaction and taking advantage of being solely responsible for the company, began to participate in anti-stage exercises, creating more intimacy and bodily rapprochement” with female students to facilitate maintaining sexual contact with them.
The 53-year-old defendant even pasted two cards onto the glass of the front doors to minimize light inside the rehearsal room.
According to the deputy, the defendant “often told students that the physical contact required in the joint action exercises was necessary for the desired development as actresses, and also that this method would not be understood by participants outside the company, thus encouraging them not to disclose the events that took place during rehearsals.
The MP says the defendant took advantage of “his authority as a teacher” and took advantage of “the naivete, immaturity and lack of sexual experience of his students” to commit abuse.
Also, according to the indictment, the defendant allegedly told the students to lie down in order to “perform breathing exercises” during a lesson in moral education and the Catholic religion, and allegedly caressed the student with the lights off.
Having received a diploma in religious studies, the defendant is accused of 95 crimes of sexual abuse of dependent minors.
The investigating judge will now decide whether the accused will stand trial, and if so, for how many crimes.
